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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Finishing Stitches

Another week has come and gone, and the wonderful weather outside has pulled me away from my quilting. I did get the garden planted and weeded and mulched my azalea/ hosta bed. Hopefully, this week I can get my focus back and finish two miniatures. I plan on slow stitching the binding on my flying geese miniature tonight.
The other mini was complete until I noticed as I was hand quilting it that one of them seams an alternate block frayed and came loose. I ended up removing the hand quilting in it and replacing the block. So, there will be more slow stitching as I applique a new block into place and do the hand quilting. I have been trying to finish up projects since the beginning of the year so that I can start a new applique quilt. I am starting to wonder if it will ever happen. Since I love to garden as much as I love to quilt, so this time of year the gardening always wins. It won't be long, and summer heat and humidity will arrive and then hopefully I can spend hot summer afternoons working on my new applique project.

Yes, so far it is going well. I used some silk thread to applique the block back in place and I think it looks pretty good. Tonight I will replace the hand quilting I had to remove. Thanks for stopping by!

I remember those first nice days when I used to live in Wisconsin. We can have those days in the middle of winter here, so we are bit spoiled. But, sometimes in the hot muggy summer, I long for a Wisconsin summer day.

" Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. "

Robert Brault

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I love to enjoy the simple things in life. These include things like watching my garden grow, creating traditional quilts, and enjoying a stroll with my schnauzer Max. I enjoy reading your comments and will try to answer any questions or comments you have.